by Susan | Apr 29, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Frog Conservation, habitat loss, Life Cycle of Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads
One of the most endangered amphibians in North America—the mountain yellow-legged frog—might have some hope this spring due to the collaborative work of researchers at the San Diego Zoo’s Institute for Conservation Research, along with the help of biologists at the...
by Susan | Apr 22, 2010 | Earth Day, Frogs Are Green contests, How You Can Help
We are happy to announce the winner of our first FROGS ARE GREEN Earth Day contest, in which we asked people to send in ideas about how to help the environment, using the following words as inspiration: renew, rebuild, reconnect, or rethink. We received lots of great...
by Susan | Apr 15, 2010 | Learn about Frogs, Odd frog stories
The devastating December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, generated by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake, was one of the worst disasters in recorded history, with a death toll of more than 283,000. Some of the strangest stories that came out after the tsunami were about the...
by Susan | Apr 12, 2010 | Earth Day
We’ve blogged about the spectacular new nature series LIFE, a Discovery channel/BBC co-production, which airs on Sundays at 8 e/p. This past week we were contacted by BBC Earth to help spread the word that in celebration of Earth Day, the award-winning...
by Susan | Apr 7, 2010 | Amphibian habitat loss, Frog Conservation, habitat loss, How You Can Help, Life Cycle of Frogs, People Helping Frogs and Toads, Salamanders
This past weekend, I went hiking with my family in Harriman State Park in New York. We’ve had a very wet spring—well, actually it sometimes seems as if we’ve been living in a rainforest. It’s possible that all this rain will means lots of frogs and...
